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Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit

by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

May 2003

Intermediate to advanced

240 pages

6h 26m

English

Addison-Wesley Professional

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Acknowledgments
Lean Principles, Thinking Tools, Agile PracticesGuided TourEndnotes
The Origins of Lean ThinkingTool 1: Seeing WasteTool 2: Value Stream MappingTry ThisEndnotes

The Nature of Software DevelopmentTool 3: FeedbackTool 4: IterationsTool 5: SynchronizationTool 6: Set-Based DevelopmentTry ThisEndnotes
Concurrent DevelopmentTool 7: Options ThinkingTool 8: The Last Responsible MomentTool 9: Making DecisionsTry ThisEndnotes
Why Deliver Fast?Tool 10: Pull SystemsTool 11: Queuing TheoryTool 12: Cost of DelayTry ThisEndnotes
Beyond Scientific ManagementTool 13: Self-DeterminationTool 14: MotivationTool 15: LeadershipTool 16: ExpertiseTry ThisEndnotes
IntegrityTool 17: Perceived IntegrityTool 18: Conceptual IntegrityTool 19: RefactoringTool 20: TestingTry ThisEndnotes
Systems ThinkingTool 21: MeasurementsTool 22: ContractsTry ThisEndnotes
Caution—Use Only as DirectedInstructionsTroubleshooting GuideWarrantyEndnotes

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Chapter 4. Deliver as Fast as Possible

“Haste Makes Waste”

In the late 1990s there was a rush for Internet real estate reminiscent of the Oklahoma Land Rush of the 1890s. At high noon the bugles went off and the race for land was on. By sunset it was all over, with tens of thousands of people camped on plots of land. The problem was, in their rush to get land, few had slowed themselves down with provisions. People made a fortune selling food and water, but it would be a long time before those who claimed the land would prosper. First they needed seed, tools, and time for a crop to mature. Top real estate was soon selling at bargain prices as people left in droves. The racers had discovered that to make any money, you had to be able to farm.